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To: CaptainAmiigaf

I remember they had to do away with the fireman carry when the decision was made to allow women firefighters. Now they drag the victim. No one will ever bve able to explain to me how draging burned sailors up ship ladders and through hatches could ever work. I could not begin to count the ways a woman would fail during the first two minutes of the general quarter drills our ship went through in REFTRA.


30 posted on 02/29/2016 11:33:29 AM PST by Retain Mike
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To: Retain Mike

Worse. How are they going to get that hurt/wounded/burnt guy DOWN a series of ladders. I served with a Chief who lived through another Kamikaze attack by, whenn trapped and unable to go UP or fore or aft, went down FOUR decks and crawled through the damage but UNDER the fire.
My shop was the rearmost on the main deck, 2 levels above.
When I reported aboard, thta chief told me to go below and search out every possible way to get the hell out of there.
I did, but never had to use the knowledge, thankfully.


32 posted on 02/29/2016 1:26:26 PM PST by CaptainAmiigaf (New York Times: "We print the news as it fits our views.")
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